graduated in divinity at Amherst College, 1834, where he was a classmate and pupil of phrenology with Henry Ward Beecher; with his younger brother Lorenzo he began lecturing on phrenology and delineating in upper New York State and Massachusetts in the 1840s; established the firm of O, S, & L. N. Fowler and published the Phren Almanac (New York) and the Amer Phren J & Miscellany; joined by S. R. Wells in 1844, the firm. became 'Fowler and Wells' until 1863; health reformer and prolific writer. also a temperance advocate, (DAB and A139, A178, A209)
Works as Listed by Roger Cooter (1989)
425.1
— 425.1 [OS] Fowler's Works. Manchester: John Heywood, 1884. 2 vols. Vol. 1, entitled Phrenology, Physiology, and Kindred Subjects reproduces the preface by Joseph BARKER to an 1851 edn; and contains 10 separately paginated papers on: 425. la "Amativeness; or, evils and remedies of excessive and perverted sensuality including warning and advice to the mar ried and single." 425. lb "Love and Parentage, applied to the Improvement of Offspring." 425. lc "Matrimony; or, Phrenology and Physiology applied to the Selection of Congenial Companions for Life." 425.1d "Physiology--Animal and Mental applied to the Preservation and Restoration of Health of Body and Power of Mind." 425. le "Memory and Intellectual Improvement." 425. 1f "Hereditary Descent." 425.1g "Familiar Lessons on Physiology." 425. 1h "Familiar Lessons on Phrenology." 425.1i "Intemperance and Tight Lacing." 425.1] [by Joel Shew], "Tobacco: its history, nature, and effects on the body and mind." Vol. 2 is without title and contains 8 further papers, separately published (by Heywood) and paginated, only two of which are by O. Fowler: 425.1k J. G. SPURZHEIM, "The Natural Laws of Man," 7th edn. 425.11 L. N. FOWLER, "Marriage: its History and Ceremonies." 425.1m Mrs. L. N. FOWLER, "Familiar Lessons on Astronomy." 425.1n O. S. FOWLER, "Self-Culture and Perfection of Character." 425. 1o Henry C. Wright, "Marriage and Parentage; or the reproductive element in man, as a means to his elevation and happiness." 425.1p W. A. Alcott, "Tea and Coffee." 425.1q J. G. SPURZHEIM, "Education: its elementary principles." 425.1r O. S. Fowler, "Maternity; or the bearing and nursing of children."
425.2
— 425.2 (and L. N. FOWLER), Phrenology Proved, Illustrated, and Applied. New and revised edn, London: L. N. Fowler & Co, 1892. Pp. 240. 1st ed. assisted by Samuel Kirkham, New York, 1837.
Editorial Information
Identifier
425.
Type
Person
Source
Roger Cooter, Phrenology in the British Isles (1989)
PDF page
145
Printed page
140
Database ID
1346
Original Transcription
425. FOWLER, Orson Squire (1809-1887), graduated in divinity at
Amherst College, 1834, where he was a classmate and pupil of phrenology with Henry Ward Beecher; with his younger brother Lorenzo
he began lecturing on phrenology and delineating in upper New York
State and Massachusetts in the 1840s; established the firm of O, S, &
L. N. Fowler and published the Phren Almanac (New York) and the
Amer Phren J & Miscellany; joined by S. R. Wells in 1844, the firm.
became 'Fowler and Wells' until 1863;
health reformer and prolific writer.
also a temperance advocate,
(DAB and A139, A178, A209)